# Sensis

> Sensis is an independent, minority-owned cultural marketing agency that combines research, strategy, creative, media, public relations and digital product work. Founded by José Villa in 1998 as a digital-first Spanish-language shop, it now serves government, healthcare, transportation, education, financial-services and consumer clients from offices in the United States, Mexico and Colombia, with an emphasis on campaigns designed around how people actually behave across cultures.

- **Founded:** 1998
- **Headquarters:** Glendale, United States
- **Founders:** José Villa (Founder and President)
- **Team size:** 120+ employees reported by Sensis; LinkedIn lists 51-200 employees
- **Products:** Strategy and research, Creative and amplification, Media planning and buying, Digital experiences, SensisHealth
- **Notable:** Named to the Inc. 5000 twelve times between 2008 and 2024, most recently at No. 4,170., Reports more than $400 million in cumulative placed media and about $30 million stewarded annually., The USDA APHIS 'Can I Bring It?' campaign generated 35.3 million digital impressions, 223,000-plus clicks and 101,000-plus unique users in four months, and won an ANA Multicultural Excellence Award for audio.

## Products & services

- **Strategy and research** — Qualitative, quantitative and syndicated research; segmentation, customer journeys and culturally informed marketing strategy.
- **Creative and amplification** — Campaign concepts, branding, video and content production, transcreation, public relations, influencer marketing, events and social media.
- **Media planning and buying** — Traditional, digital, programmatic and search media planning, buying, modeling and optimization; Sensis says the team stewards about $30 million annually.
- **Digital experiences** — Websites, apps, UX/UI, content systems, CRM programs and digital strategy.
- **SensisHealth** — A specialist healthcare and public-health practice serving providers, government agencies and community health organizations.
- **SensisConnect** — Transportation communications, public engagement and ridership marketing, expanded through the acquisition of Sharp & Company.
- **SensisCMO** — Consulting and practical guidance focused on marketing leadership, measurement and operating decisions.

## Achievements

- Named to the Inc. 5000 twelve times between 2008 and 2024, most recently at No. 4,170.
- Reports more than $400 million in cumulative placed media and about $30 million stewarded annually.
- The USDA APHIS 'Can I Bring It?' campaign generated 35.3 million digital impressions, 223,000-plus clicks and 101,000-plus unique users in four months, and won an ANA Multicultural Excellence Award for audio.
- A four-month LAPD recruitment campaign generated 1,247 applications and what Sensis describes as the department's most diverse recruitment class to that date.
- AltaMed open-enrollment work produced six consecutive years of year-over-year enrollment gains; inbound leads rose an average 31% year over year from 2019 through 2022.
- Tadin Tea's campaign supported expansion into eight markets and a 27.7% year-over-year sales increase in targeted markets.
- Metrolink's line-specific campaign coincided with record annual ridership above 11 million, 247,000 more boardings than the prior year.

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — A U.S. State Department delivery order for multilingual social-media support listed a potential value of about $903,000 through March 2027.
- **2026-01** — Sensis received an FMCSA Complaint Center awareness campaign task order worth up to about $1.77 million over three years.
- **2025-12** — Sensis published new higher-education funnel guidance through its SensisEDU practice.
- **2025-07** — The agency introduced SensisCMO, a series focused on flexible brand systems and marketing measurement.
- **2024-08** — Sensis ranked No. 4,170 on the Inc. 5000, its twelfth appearance on the list.

## Links

- Website: https://www.sensisagency.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sensisagency
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/sensisagency
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sensisagency/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sensisagency
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sensisagency

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Last updated: 2026-09-15